A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

A close reading of Margaret Atwood’s sexy cicada poem.

By Jonny Diamond | June 2, 2021

Yuka Igarashi's first acquisition at Graywolf is a very cool-sounding novel by Lucy Ives. 

Yuka Igarashi's first acquisition at Graywolf is a very cool-sounding novel by Lucy Ives. 

By Emily Temple | June 2, 2021

How a Single Cookbook Shaped What It Meant to Be an “American Woman”

How a Single Cookbook Shaped What It Meant to Be an “American Woman”

Jess McHugh on the Complicated Legacy of Betty Crocker

By Jess McHugh | June 2, 2021

Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This June

Indie Booksellers Recommend: The Best of Independent Presses This June

Bookstores From Around the Country Pick Their Favorites

By Literary Hub | June 2, 2021

Why Are We So Resistant to the Idea of a Modern Myth?

Why Are We So Resistant to the Idea of a Modern Myth?

Philip Ball: “Myths are promiscuous; they were postmodern before the concept existed.”

By Philip Ball | June 2, 2021

On Tim O’Brien’s Relationship to Writing and Fatherhood

On Tim O’Brien’s Relationship to Writing and Fatherhood

Teresa Fazio Watches the Documentary The War and Peace of Tim O’Brien

By Teresa Fazio | June 2, 2021

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How Mean Girls Taught Me to Fear Lesbians and Love Pink

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WATCH: Caleb Azumah Nelson Talks to Candice Brathwaite at the Hay Festival

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The Debut Novelist Discusses His New Book, Open Water

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J. B. MacKinnon: It’s Time to Stop Shopping

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In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

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How I Kicked Insomnia and Addiction with Help from Marilyn Monroe

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Melissa Febos on the Long-Term Effects of Having a Stalker

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WATCH: Peter Scott-Morgan in Conversation with Stephen Fry at the Hay Festival

WATCH: Peter Scott-Morgan in Conversation with Stephen Fry at the Hay Festival

Lessons in Living from the First Human Cyborg

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The cure to pandemic-induced writer’s block? According to this mystery writer, it’s ... a tent.

The cure to pandemic-induced writer’s block? According to this mystery writer, it’s ... a tent.

By Walker Caplan | June 1, 2021

Alan Cumming’s new memoir, set to publish in October, focuses on his life in Hollywood.

Alan Cumming’s new memoir, set to publish in October, focuses on his life in Hollywood.

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